Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me
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Short at PaleyFest 2014
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| Birth name | Martin Hayter Short |
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March 26, 1950 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
| Medium | Stand-up, film, television, theatre |
| Nationality | Canadian American |
| Alma mater | McMaster University |
| Years active | 1972–present |
| Genres | Improvisational comedy, surreal humour, musical comedy, physical comedy, sketch comedy, character comedy, satire |
| Subject(s) | Canadian culture, American culture, current events, pop culture, human sexuality |
| Spouse | Nancy Dolman (m. 1980; her death 2010) |
| Children | 3 |
Martin Hayter Short CM (born March 26, 1950) is a Canadian-American actor, comedian, writer, singer, and producer. He is known for his work on the television programs SCTV and Saturday Night Live. He has starred in comedy films, such as Three Amigos (1986), Innerspace (1987), Three Fugitives (1989), Father of the Bride (1991), Pure Luck (1991), Father of the Bride Part II (1995), Mars Attacks! (1996) and Jungle 2 Jungle (1997), and created the characters, Jiminy Glick and Ed Grimley. In 1999, he won a Tony Award for his lead performance in a Broadway revival of Little Me.
Short was born in Hamilton, Ontario, the youngest of five children of Olive Grace (née Hayter; 1913–68), a concertmistress of the Hamilton Symphony Orchestra, and Charles Patrick Short (1909–70), a corporate executive with Stelco, a Canadian steel company. He and his siblings were raised as Catholics. He had three older brothers, David (now deceased), Michael, and Brian, and one older sister, Nora. Short's father was a Catholic immigrant from Crossmaglen, South Armagh who came to North America as a stowaway during the Irish War of Independence. Short's mother was of English and Irish descent. She encouraged his early creative endeavours. His eldest brother, David, was killed in a car accident in Montreal, Quebec in 1962 when Short was 12. His mother died of cancer in 1968, his father two years later of complications from a stroke.
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